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Baby Squirrel Runs Out Of Burning House Straight Into Firefighter's Arms

Firefighters in North Carolina got a furry surprise last week when they showed up to rescue a family from a raging house fire ... and wound up saving the life of the fuzzy little intruder.

When the alarm sounded at a firehouse in Salisbury, North Carolina, last Friday, the firefighters were in the middle of observing a 9/11 memorial service. But when the sirens went off, they dropped everything and rushed to the nearby home.

The human residents of the home all made it out unharmed - sadly, two of the family's pet cats died in the fire.

The baby squirrel, however, made a full recovery. David Whisenant, a reporter who spoke to the firefighters, told The Dodo that the squirrel was later released into the woods: "After the squirrel had received oxygen and seemed to be feeling better, [the firefighter] just put it down and it scampered away."